Young writers learn to develop strong narrative voices by getting in touch with how they express themselves given a variety of situations.

Use this classic poem by Robert Louis Stevenson to introduce students to onomatopoeia.

A letter is found in an attic. There's a mystery ahead! Your young author can use their imagination to create a fictional story based on this writing prompt.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your learners research facts about Associate Justice to the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor.

Use this graphic organizer to explore a beloved summer pastime in writing.

Practice storytelling and illustration skills with this two-part adventure!

Super villain Mt. Crushmore and superhero The Human Shield are battling it out...with sharks! What mighty and menacing things are they saying to each other?

Encourage students to share their writing with classmates and receive feedback to improve their writing with this peer publishing worksheet.

This prewriting activity helps students focus on developing a character and scene for a story.

Students will learn that voice is the energy, intention, and tone of the piece and then practice infusing different voices into their writing.

Help your writers develop a voice with this worksheet. Challenge them to think about ways to express themselves with language, phrases, idioms, similes, and word choice.

Partners will work together to complete this worksheet as they participate in peer editing.

Students will put their persuasive skills to work with this worksheet. They will plan and write a draft of a persuasive paragraph on whether or not to buy an electronic device of their choosing.

This checklist creates a healthy habit of evaluating any typed writing. Students will check for font, spacing, indentation, illustrations, grammar, and areas of improvement.

Learners will have fun with hyperbole in this lively writing worksheet.

Students will practice creating sentences using both like and as, filling in the blanks with figurative language of their own.

Collect and organize your thoughts in preparation for a reading response letter with this graphic organizer.

Students will use this worksheet to write about their thinking as they discuss their ideas!

Voice is the energy, intention, and tone of a piece. Students will practice identifying voice in writing, then examine an excerpt from an award-winning text that book with a strong example of voice.

Use this prewriting activity to help students organize their writing and reinforce transitional language.

Students will use real nonfiction texts to search for transition words and then consider how they are used to connect ideas.

Children learn how to develop the thinking skills required to move from an opinion statement to a support statement in this three-part, self-guided worksheet.

Use this activity to teach students the structure and content of a reading response letter.

Year-round school: yay or nay? Use your persuasive writing skills to make a case.

When authors create characters, they think about “inside” and “outside” details. Your students will go through the same process with this writing worksheet. Ask them to create a character and list the things they imagine this character thinks about and fe

This worksheet offers useful practice for students learning about this figurative language device.

This worksheet is designed to provide additional support for students who need extra practice with the basic revising and editing skills.

How would the story of the Frog Prince go if it was told from the perspective of the other frogs in the pond?

In this exercise, we'll practice expanding upon general concepts.

Help your students to show their understanding of operations within word problems.